I'm in the Tampa area. This area has never taken a direct hit from a hurricane. I live on the water just off shore on an Island.
Talking to the old timers, this one has them spooked. Maybe its what happened to Houston, Katrina and this is a Cat 5?
Most of these hurricanes come up from Miami and head up toward us. They lose a lot of power by the time they get up here to us. But, a cat 5 could be a Cat 2/3 by the time it hits our area.
Talked to some co-workers I worked with in the past that live in the Miami area and all of them are heading north. Kind of freaked me out when I offered my place for them to make it north and they said, not far enough north, you need to get out too.
